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The Warriors (1979)
Released By: Paramount Home Video   Rating: R   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Paramount Home Video
Genre: Action-Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Walter Hill
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: David Patrick Kelly, James Remar, Michael Beck
Published ID: 3834
UPC: 097360112245, 097360341348, 097360313840, 097361247540, 097361247649, 097360313826, 032429072757,
Plot: Walter Hill's hip, super-stylized action film unfurls in a dystopian near-future, when various gangs control New York City. Each gang sports a unique moniker ('The Warriors,' 'The Baseball Furies,' 'The Rogues'), with a costume underscoring its theme; each, in turn, is also responsible for one geographic area. Hill sets up the landscape as a massive, violent playground - replete with bridges, vacant subway tunnels, parks, abandoned buildings and the like, all ripe for exploration and adventure. As the tale opens, the titular Coney Island has traveled to the Bronx to attend a city-wide meeting of all gangs; at that event, however, the psychotic leader of a rival gang, The Rogues (David Patrick Kelly of Dreamscape) assassinates the head of the city's foremost gang, but The Warriors are pegged as culpable. This sends the gang fleeing through the labyrinthine city. With every thug in Manhattan in vicious, homicidal pursuit, they must also overcome all obstacles in their way. Throughout, Hill keeps the onscreen violence absurd, exaggerated and unrealistic, downplaying death to an extreme degree; despite this fact, the film sparked a massive amount of controversy and an ugly backlash for allegedly inciting violence and destruction in several theaters where it initially played. James Remar, Michael Beck and Deborah Van Valkenburgh lead the ensemble cast. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
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Nice...
Added 9/22/2009

Ordered the movie and it came when they said and how they said in perfect condition... definitely wold order from them again....
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
great service, and movie
Added 8/30/2009

very happy with the movie and service, arrived quickly and was the great movie that I wanted
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
subtitles
Added 8/1/2009

Why did BLURAY comes with only 3 subtitle option?! this is a world famous movie!

PARAMOUNT, can't you dig it?!

0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Pretty crappy movie
Added 7/18/2009

I should have given it a 1.5 stars instead of 1, but Amazon doesn't allow half stars. Anyhow, I just bought this DVD (in the original theatrical release version) based on some fairly positive reviews. I must say I got burned. Major issues: bad screen play and the movie is padded (you could cut the running time in half without losing anything).

I am guess that the guy who wrote the screen play learned about NYC gangs by watching West Side Story. He then added in some dialogue borrowed from some hippie films. Right there, you know this is going to be cheesy. Sadly, it was not cheesy good, it was cheesy bad.

The reason it was cheesy bad is because 1/2 of the film is footage of a bunch of Fame extras walking around NYC. So while I appreciate the "so bad it's good" thing, any humor provided by the goofy dialogue was lost in the ensuing walking scenes.

In the plus column: zombie baseball players, black hockey stick wielding ninjas, & sinister use of 3 empty pop bottles.


0 out of 5 people found this helpful.
awsome stuff
Added 7/6/2009

TCM should be reading these reviews cuz this stuff is awsome. they just dont make these anymore.
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Nice...
Added 9/22/2009

Ordered the movie and it came when they said and how they said in perfect condition... definitely wold order from them again....
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
great service, and movie
Added 8/30/2009

very happy with the movie and service, arrived quickly and was the great movie that I wanted
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
subtitles
Added 8/1/2009

Why did BLURAY comes with only 3 subtitle option?! this is a world famous movie!

PARAMOUNT, can't you dig it?!

0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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